Comments on: BlackBerry Curve Outsells iPhone… Again

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:57:27 +0000

The iPhone is a PSP with a phone stuffed in it, if you have one I hope you enjoy it, the truth as I see it is that the iPhone is a Chevrolet, the BlackBerry is a Rolls Royce, they will both take you to the store its just that the Rolls will do it with so much more class and reliability.

By: RWSS

RWSS — Sat, 09 May 2009 19:43:29 +0000

“Buy One Blackberry Get One Free” is what the postcard ads scream at me when I open the mailbox (along with the usual bills) and what I see on TV.

I wonder how many iPhones Apple would sell if they gave away half of their phones?

By: new user

new user — Tue, 05 May 2009 13:46:06 +0000

Phone carrier in US suck!!
You pay high monthly fee to cover the hardware cost (subsidizes).
However, if you purchase your own hardware, you still pay the same “high” monthly fee. If you don’t sign any contract (because you have your own phone), you pay more monthly charge or they don’t let you to sign up at all.
Customer pay more if they buy their own hardware. No wonder the rich get richer.

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Tue, 05 May 2009 05:32:58 +0000

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By: The Rock

The Rock — Tue, 05 May 2009 04:36:28 +0000

“bluehorseshoe 05.04.09 at 10:45 pm
So what you’re really trying to say is that you come to a BB site because you’re just flat out stupid and have been rejected by society.

Seriously, go away. You’ve been rejected here too.”

SO DESPERATE, SO off topic, SO worried about what others have to say. Yet again bluehorseshoe rimarkable is NOT your personal space to make your desperate comments about others. Grow up.

By: bluehorseshoe

bluehorseshoe — Tue, 05 May 2009 03:00:55 +0000

Correct. Carriers will give away phones to bait new customers when a product is slowing down. Carriers will make their money on the phone charges and charge a penalty if you decide to leave early (to cover at least part of the cost of the phone, if not all). RIM gets $$$ via the physical phone they sell to the carrier as well as the email service. VZW is moving BB’s for free on a buy-one-get-one to simply increase subscribers and reduce inventory in anticipation of new products on the horizon (Tour, Peal Flip, Storm 2).

By: kells

kells — Tue, 05 May 2009 02:48:47 +0000

I hate to ask a question that has already been asked, but, RIM does get paid when a carrier subsidizes the price of a BlackBerry, don’t they? And when subsidized BlackBerrys are activated with BIS or BES, they get a check for too, correct?

By: bluehorseshoe

bluehorseshoe — Tue, 05 May 2009 02:45:11 +0000

So what you’re really trying to say is that you come to a BB site because you’re just flat out stupid and have been rejected by society.

Seriously, go away. You’ve been rejected here too.

By: The Rock

The Rock — Tue, 05 May 2009 00:46:44 +0000

(market research firm) “NPD attributed the shift largely to an aggressive “buy-one-get-one” promotion by Verizon Wireless that helped RIM’s BlackBerry Curve move past the iPhone to become the best-selling consumer smartphone in the U.S. in the first quarter.”

“The more familiar, and less expensive, Curve benefited from these giveaways and was able to leapfrog the iPhone, due to its broader availability on the four major U.S. national carriers,” said analyst Ross Rubin.”

“The promotion also contributed to RIM capturing two additional top five positions, namely the the third slot, which went to the BlackBerry Storm, and the fourth, which was made up of all BlackBerry Pearl handsets with the exception of flip models.”

Oh and the JD Power ratings? “Apple’s iPhone ranks top of the chart, “Among the best”.